Colin

Jacuzzi's (aka sex ponds) are probably available from a few suppliers.

Best I can offer is a 'back washing' service (women only).  Wife wouldn't like it much, although I could put her through the car was at Sutherland's. 

With a wheel at each corner ??? 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-56245100

Isle of Man was just about the 1st to end restrictions and open up, now they have a 'spike'.  Shows just how fragile things are, and that it only takes 1 person to bring it in..

I would guess that you might have to (at least) double the amount you are prepared to pay for a place. 

I would also wonder if people would like to have their floors messed up with paint, even if it is a washable(?) watercolour.

Best of luck anyway.

I am so used to feeling safe that I never even considered it as a plus point.   ???

In a local context, I also happen to think that visitors should be tested at the point of departure for Shetland and, obviously, not allowed to travel if they are positive.  Not when they arrive here.

I am going to hate myself for saying this but, the only way to make sure we are 'virus free' is going to be by imposing something akin to a Police State..  Do we really want that ?

The alternative is continual 'measures' whilst we fudge ourselves into a way of living/dying with the virus.

Well PollyAnna, for your 1st ever post here I have to say that you certainly know how to make an entrance..  I hope that you are good at juggling hot potatoes. 

I would like to say that there are way more good-uns here than bad-uns.

There is a much better sense of community and most people are proud too belong to it.  It's a much friendlier place than other parts of the country.

Also generally speaking, that providing you do no damage, fenced land is meant to keep animals in, not to keep you out.

"pliable buttocks".  Love it...

At first glance, yes it does seem sensible, and we should do it because we can!!!

However, looking past the headline leads me to wonder how we would treat those that test positive.  Would we quarantine them and the whole boat/plane as well just for good measure ?  After all, both are just floating/flying Petri Dishes..

How would we treat those who test negative ?  Would we keep them all in a 'holding area' and not release them  until the entire passenger/crew list have been tested.  ?  How quickly could you test a Northlink Ferry with 400+ passengers onboard ?

I read the link you provided and also followed on to the Faroe link on the page.

Testing a 2nd time (Faroe) after 6 days is not going to prevent the spread of the virus, it's just going to tell you that it's spreading. 

Furthermore, it would mean that, in theory, every last one of us would have to account for our movements 100% of the time.  A bit dystopian, but I guess that is the kind of thing that Hollyrood would relish.. 

Do we actually have the capacity to do all these things ?

3 hours ago, Rasmie said:

Some folk get on better with the dialect than others. In the eighties I was speaking to a Filipino bar lady who had a perfect Shetland accent. I remarked on it and she said " Da trouble is whan I spik English its idder Shetlan or Glaswegian, so da English fokk dunna seem me. "

I was queuing at the ATM a good few years ago, and a couple of East Europeans were chatting away using pidgin Shetland to communicate. I think one was Polish and the other Russian. "Hoo muckle are day payin at da catch eenoo" wan said.

It's just as well that they weren't trying to ask a Whalsay person then.. 

I would have to admit that, on the whole, Sturgeon is doing a much better job of communicating with the general population.

1 hour ago, Muckle Oxters said:

I, for one, and very happy dat da fellow wis reunited we his surfboard. But no as happy as da global media it seems!

I would guess that the global media is as washed up as the surfboard. 

17 minutes ago, Roachmill said:

"Better than some" I would say. I did do a double-take at the radio today when I heard an actual Tory MP say the Scottish government had done some things better. Glad I wasn't eating at the time or I'd likely have choked on it.

I would have been a bit more surprised if Krankie could not have done better than Boris and his bunch of 2nd rate 'Good Time Charlies'. 

I've been here 40 years and, as far as I can tell, I still speak pretty much the same as the day I arrived. 

I have to admit though, that some local words have crept in.

I tend to agree that newcomers(?) who try to speak 'Shetlandic' (?) can sound a bit funny..

Same can be true when done the other way around as well..

Puts me in mind of a young lady at an office answering the phone to a high flying BP exec that her boss was 'kinda busy this morning, but he would be here in a little start...'

https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2021/02/18/boris-johnson-responds-to-letter-on-shetland-self-determination-and-hopes-to-visit-isles-this-year/

Interesting link, but why did it take a FOI request to let us ALL know ? 

Could it be that some of our elected representatives do not trust us electors with information that could define our future.  ?

14 hours ago, Muckle Oxters said:

https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2021/02/15/new-president-needed-for-football-association-with-season-up-in-the-air
 

so whit’ll happen if somebody doesna step forward? Does baith positions hiv tae be filled for da SFA to operate?

Might not help much but, if there are no takers, I hear that Donald Trump is looking for a job... 

Don't take it personally.  No slur was intended.

FWIW;

I don't have a clue either.

5 hours ago, George. said:

Males and females, all too often, have very different names......... but castrated sheep

Eneuch of that George.  My brain is hurting...

20 hours ago, Muckle Oxters said:

P.S. happy Valentine’s Day to my idder half when she reads dis  

If you are having a "discussion" with your wife, experience suggests that you will not get out of it that easily...

2 hours ago, Roachmill said:

That's my understanding too. That, and there was a commitment of sorts (salt at the ready!) to increase the amount paid out from an independent Scotland. Given the low rate of amount paid in to amount paid out in the UK... that doesn't appear impossible to achieve either.

I think that the commitment(?) was a sweetener offering to bring pensions more into line with other European countries.  Anything for a vote I guess..

It might be worth noting that the UK is desperately trying to privatise pensions because they have (probably/almost certainly) spent all the money on other things.... 

I can't really see an independent Scotland being able to foot the bill for any length of time before they would have to do the same..

56 minutes ago, Rasmie said:

My biggest concern will be what happens to my pension. I will probably be able to have dual nationality ( Scottish/ English rUK) to keep my options open.

I think that this question was answered last time around.

If you have paid in to the current system, then you are entitled to receive your pension no matter where you live.

Interesting ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55948914

8 hours ago, MuckleJoannie said:

62% of Scottish voters voted to remain in the EU and we were told in the 2014 referendum that if Scotland wanted to remain in the EU we shoiuld vote to remain in the UK union.

Those seem to me to be grounds to have another referendum on independence.

All of which was BEFORE the Brexit referendum where a majority throughout the UK voted  Leave.....

Anyway, how many "once in a lifetime" referendums do you think we should have ?

Seems to me that the SNP will keep demanding them until they get the answers they want..

Either way, if a referendum is held, and is in favour of independence, it would still be a number of years before full independence is achieved, and a number of years of severe austerity after that before Scotland would be in a position to qualify for European membership, thereby losing it's hard won independence. 

Looks like 'Lose-Lose' to me.

"Shetland Islands off of Scotland’s east coast"

Looks like the author really did his homework..